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Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, adjusts Skilled Worker Pass Mark and proposes changes for Economic Class Immigration Applicants affected by IRPA transitional rules
The pass mark for Skill Worker applicants is 67 points from September 18, 2003.
The Minister set the Federal Skilled Worker pass mark at 75 points when the new selection system came into effect on June 28, 2002. On September 18, 2003, the Minister amended the pass mark for new skilled worker applicants to 67. All new skilled worker applicants and those currently in the system who have not yet received a selection decision, will be assessed with a pass mark of 67. (Since the implementation of IRPA and until today, the pass mark was 75.)
These proposed amendments would meet the applicants' request to be processed under the selection criteria in place at the time they filed their applications and also give them the benefit of an assessment under IRPA.
CIC also proposes to offer the same processing to:
- those people who had applied prior to January 01, 2002 and who were refused between the coming into force of the new selection grid on March 31, 2003 and June 20, 2003; and
- those who withdrew their applications between January 01, 2002 and the coming into force of these proposed regulatory amendments
Applicants will be required to advise CIC of their desire if they like their applications to be processed before January 01, 2005. |